Well after 8 years in the wilderness I am now back in the Alpina driving seat.
I have hankered after another one as the old B3 3.3 I sold was one of mymost favorite cars I have owned
So we went to Tamworth and got the one below.
http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/vie ... hp?t=20938
I see it has been owned by two forum members but some how Sytners have no paperwork on it but it has been looked after.
Hello Again
B3 Biturbo
Well having had the car now just under two weeks all I can say is WOW.
The drive in the car is very very good it seems to be happy either just tootling around or happy to sprint when asked the power curve is just full on constant, you would have no idea that it is turbo charged with the two chargers pulling in and keeping it on boost.
The handling is not what I would call the best it is good but a slight wallow is noticed when cruising.
Internal comfort is superb with it wanting for nothing toy wise and the seats are very comfortable, having said that I have done less than 60 miles in the two weeks so time will tell on that after a long run.
I polished the body work and it is in very good condition Sytners have carried out some work on the front end before i collected it and they spent £1300 on it complete with two Mitchelin tires and other parts.
I also got a service thrown in and carried out a full 12 months warranty on it with 12 months breakdown cover.
All in all I am a happy bunny with my new garage queen.
Merry Xmas to you all have a good one
John
The drive in the car is very very good it seems to be happy either just tootling around or happy to sprint when asked the power curve is just full on constant, you would have no idea that it is turbo charged with the two chargers pulling in and keeping it on boost.
The handling is not what I would call the best it is good but a slight wallow is noticed when cruising.
Internal comfort is superb with it wanting for nothing toy wise and the seats are very comfortable, having said that I have done less than 60 miles in the two weeks so time will tell on that after a long run.
I polished the body work and it is in very good condition Sytners have carried out some work on the front end before i collected it and they spent £1300 on it complete with two Mitchelin tires and other parts.
I also got a service thrown in and carried out a full 12 months warranty on it with 12 months breakdown cover.
All in all I am a happy bunny with my new garage queen.
Merry Xmas to you all have a good one
John
alpina
Well I have still done less than 600 miles in the car.
I took it back to Sytners due to the car wallowing and now and again flicking out of line, it turned out the suspension alignment was way off as it had its suspension changed before I got it then swapped back to the original suspension, Sytners re aligned everything and kept it for two days to set it all up, what a difference this has made the car just drives like it is now on rails with no wallowing or flicking of the back end.
I can not fault the engineering of this car so far it is a pleasure to drive it when I do get it out.
I took it back to Sytners due to the car wallowing and now and again flicking out of line, it turned out the suspension alignment was way off as it had its suspension changed before I got it then swapped back to the original suspension, Sytners re aligned everything and kept it for two days to set it all up, what a difference this has made the car just drives like it is now on rails with no wallowing or flicking of the back end.
I can not fault the engineering of this car so far it is a pleasure to drive it when I do get it out.